Media continue to uncritically report McCain campaign attacks on their coverage

Case studies still show disparate coverage in McCain's favor

A Media Matters review of the media's coverage of two stories negatively affecting or reflecting on Sen. Barack Obama -- his ties to Bill Ayers and Antoin Rezko -- and two stories negatively affecting or reflecting on Sen. John McCain -- his reported facilitation of land deals that benefited donors and his association with G. Gordon Liddy -- found that, while the five major newspapers frequently mentioned Obama's ties to Ayers and Rezko throughout the 2008 ... Full Story »

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Dwight Rousu
4.6
by Dwight Rousu - Nov. 6, 2008

This is a fairly detailed foray into big corporate media coverage that was biased in favor of McCain while they were reporting McCain's charges that the media was biased against him.

This may well forshadow that the big corporate media will be poised to negatively report on the Obama administration as a continuation of their republican bias.

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